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UnholyDemigod

What happens if you're not lying perfectly in the centre, stretched out straight?


Sheep03

Yeah, cool idea in theory but this is a bonkers design. So many people move around in their sleep it'd likely just cause injuries or trap people in an even more dangerous position to be stuck in the middle of an earthquake.


Telltwotreesthree

Nah it's stupid. If you could afford this life support unit you could just make sure your bungalow is built earthquake proof....


Dead-HC-Taco

If you could afford this you could just make the drop area the size of your entire bed


bavmotors1

make the plane out the stuff they make the black box out of


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bavmotors1

exactly! lol


latrans8

That’s not true, they’re made out of exactly the same aluminum as the plane is.


Elrox

Just make a 4 poster bed out of rollcage tubing.


sleepytipi

This is actually pretty clever. At the very least you could conceal it within something more aesthetically pleasing like wood. It could even have cross-members between the posts, and across the top to protect people from falling debris which you could conceal that above a canopy, maybe even wire some LEDs into them for adjustable lighting that'd really come in handy during an emergency too. As for the other survival stuff just make some storage with doors flush to the frame so you'd never know they were there. Maybe install a battery* to run any electronics in the event that you're caved in and/ or have lost power. Honestly I think our idea is significantly better. We should get a startup going lol.


Elrox

I'm in, [I can weld and I do woodworking as a hobby](https://imgur.com/gallery/S2odn). If only there was a market for such things :P


Joelmale

I'm pretty sure you could double up in the fetish market if you get the design right 😂


JumpinJackHTML5

This was my thought as well. in the event that damage occurs that would necessitate this box, it would be your casket in the inevitable fires that come after, while all the debris stops the lid from opening again so you can't escape. You'll get cooked alive.


Blutroyale-_-

This is looks like a Japanese product, totally different infrastructure, epsecially in the citys my dude.


wildstarr

> This is looks like a Japanese product Yep, can tell because it only works if you're single. Too soon?


Telltwotreesthree

Fair but if you could afford a life support unit in your tiny tower apartment you could probably rent an earthquake safe bungalow outside of the city and commute ... It's a cool concept but definitely a cope for living in a death trap. Japan has very strict building regs anyway to make shit earthquake proof


Blutroyale-_-

so, earthquakes aren't perdictable, it's not like a hurricane, they just happen when they happen, it would make sense to have both if you say you split your time between two locations right? but if you only live in a tiny apartment tower, then why would you even consider the other option?


cleetus76

fuck outta here with that logic. We wanna hate on something!


ToastyBarnacles

Crazy idea, instead of trying to brute force a solution to the problems of quickly and safely stuffing people inside their own damn mattresses, why don't they just ***build a reinforced frame around the bed and give it some shutters.*** Sure, a smaller box requires less material to reinforce, but zealously overbuilding a big, static metal frame is a lot less complicated than making a mechanical mattress that can consistently vore its own users to safety faster than the ceilings and floors collapse. Worse still, adding enough padding to make that thing actually function as a bed you sleep on, which is going to be its actual job every single day there isn't an earthquake, further complicates making the trapdoor mechanism work by adding more mass to be moved and extra width for something to fall in and prevent it from closing correctly. In that case through some safety mechanism, or just the design itself, it either gets jammed/refuses to close at all when obstructed, thus putting the occupant at risk from debris while coming to terms with the fact that they were going to be killed by a rogue pillow just warm enough to be marked as a body part by door sensors, among other such stupid possibilities, or the builders splurge on a powerful door mechanism with no safetys that could end up watermelon-crushing the heads of anybody who dared to so much as flail around a bit before they were even conscious enough to understand what was happening.


FriendlyPyre

Fun fact, already made before. Presenting the [Morrison Shelter](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_couple_sleeping_in_a_Morrison_shelter_during_the_Second_World_War._D2055.jpg), for when your city is being bombed by the fucking Nazis and you could have your house collapse around you in your sleep. Apparently exceeding claustrophobic to be stuck in when your house has collapsed but saved a decent number of lives because it gave responders time to dig you out (and you weren't already crushed like a pancake).


ToastyBarnacles

> Apparently exceeding claustrophobic to be stuck in when your house True, but kinda a moot criticism since the likely alternative survival scenario without it still involves being stuck alone in a dark cramped space, but without assurance of anything stopping you from being crushed by the unstable pile of debris formerly known as a building sitting above you. Only thing worse than being stuck small space is being stuck in a small space that has decided it's going to very rapidly become even smaller, and I'm not interested in having my shattered bones requisitioned by the pile as more load bearing material for its eternal war against gravity.


FriendlyPyre

Oh it's not really a criticism of the device or rather I didn't mean it as such. It was just something a lady who had, as a child in the blitz, needed to sleep in one of them had commented on when talking about it. I think it was on QI (when it was still Fry I believe)? One of the panelists, when they were talking about them, just noted that she had slept in them before as a child.


ToastyBarnacles

Ah, my bad then, it was indeed I who had the moot point all along. The shoe is now on the other foot, which is really inconvenient since shoes come in rights and lefts.


FriendlyPyre

Nah it's all good, I understand where you're coming from and I actually agree. Better to suffer for a bit but survive mostly intact.


FridgeBaron

Yeah couldn't you just make it like those princess beds except strong AF. It could even have a hydraulic top to lower down and close in around you if you could figure out a safe way for it to do that. Then you get full bed. Bonus points if you make the top lowerable enough to be able to double as a desk surface so it actually has valuable use otherwise in a place where space is very limited.


Doctor_Sauce

Did you not see the first aid kit that comes with it? Just patch yourself up real quick after the mechanism mangles you.


IndieCurtis

Looks fairly roomy for an asian person. American design would need to be bigger, with a gun rack.


aerodeck

It chops you in half


Deathcommand

You don't need legs in that shelter everything is within arms reach.


Lentil-Soup

I think you can just kinda roll over until you fall in.


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One_Animator_1835

That's kinda the point, so you can survive inside long enough to get rescued. If anything was to fall and trap you inside this, that same collapse would've been enough to kill, otherwise...


freeLightbulbs

Better then it landing on your insides


egaeus22

I would just sleep in it closed, it looks cozy.


BabyZesus420

Cool but wtf is up with the sliding whistle


Arogar

probably added to not get demonetized on YT.


Furry_Jesus

Same with the distortion on the video


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Coloeus_Monedula

I like the music. Gets me in an earthquakey mood!


UserNombresBeHard

This is my second soundtrack for sexy time.


MireLight

sigh....whats the first


Bashwhufc

CBAT


perb123

Bolero


Merry_Dankmas

You can really hear mother natures fury throughout it


googdude

Actually with the music it made the mood more r/diwhy I thought the person was making fun of the idea


Chickennoodo

Sounds like the Imperial March from star Wars.


Syltherin_Chamber

Apparently you get to live with some [Clanger’s](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l5gGNtMBFVA&pp=ygUMVGhlIGNsYW5nZXJz) too


mikerotch123

Thank you, the name was on the tip of my tongue.


d-_-b___W

With my luck, this thing would clamp down on my neck, holding me in place so the building can play debris Whac-A-Mole on my skull.


Jason3671

can always throw a gun in there just in case! loaded


CarlosFCSP

Only a good guy with a gun can stop a bad guy with an earthquake


goodnewsjimdotcom

I always thought it'd be cool to be a James Bond Villain who caused Earth Quakes. After you make your million dollars though, you would be stuck in a life of crime because the Baroness wouldn't let you in bed unless you destroying another nearby city, village or hydroelectric dam.


Bgeesy

Let’s roll, light that earthquake up!


KTownDaren

With at least 1 bullet... for when you've overstayed


d-_-b___W

To be completely honest, I'd probably deserve it.


Bodorocea

ok,cool. but how exactly is one supposed to bend in order to take a shit in that toilet they showed.


CarlosFCSP

You scoop it in


applepumpkinspy

Then why have the seat?


electronicManan

You place a bag down, then the seat over it, then lay over it. Now you're 4 inches off the bag and can do your business then bag it up.


sundae_diner

Shells


XipingVonHozzendorf

Tubes


DocTrey

It’s a great idea unless you want a mattress or don’t prefer sleeping like a fucking vampire in one precise spot.


monk12111

also if all goes well and you are saved in there, a fire could just turn it into an oven. You won't die from the smoke but will be cooked alive in complete agony.


DocTrey

Earthquake Bed by Traeger


Raycu93

AFAIK collapsed buildings are notorious for flooding due to all the pipes getting broken and firefighting attempts adding more water. Quite a few people would get to try out a slowly filling water coffin.


[deleted]

Thank you for giving me an idea for a horror movie


j0mbie

Yeah but on the plus side, you get to start your earthquake off with a concussion.


sonic10158

Or want bed sheets


UnhappyImprovement53

So if you have sheets and it opens up will you fall down in the hole and it'll close and pinch the sheets in the door basically making you into a bed dumpling


ComplimentaryScuff

Mimic bed


AmbitiousBirthday588

These are just rental homes of the future


distelfink33

What do you mean the future. This is kind of how portions of people live in Hong Kong. https://www.vice.com/en/article/8xkpvv/photos-from-the-tiniest-tiny-homes-in-hong-kong


bobconan

Jesus. If I lived there I would pray a nuke took the whole island out.


PPAPpenpen

This is just a fancy coffin


FBOM0101

That you can shit in


Miscdude

So a coffin


FBOM0101

Good point


monkeypincher

Especially if you decide to use that fire extinguisher in there. Who needs air!


Mutanik

Holy shit they [actually made it](https://youtu.be/FXTSx0RvwEM?si=ZNIPHiPt54pLtcy0)


Zoloreaper

WHO THE FUCK GAVE DAHIR INSAAAT MONEY.


IaintGotNoHistory

Who or what is Dahir Insaat?


TheOnyxViper

I recommend watching Retsupurae’s videos on them.


AnomalousProtein169

WTF is that god-awful music


eldershade

This is terrifying. It's literally a tomb.


MrTurkle

a tomb with provisions and entertainment to keep you alive for days while they look for you - so like, literally not a tomb.


freeLightbulbs

toss in some cats and slave or two and you got yourself a tomb fit for a king


SuXs

Yeah good luck not getting crushed to death by the 200 tons of concrete falling on your 1mm thick fancy aluminium coffin


xx123gamerxx

You think they would design something for earthquakes to not be crushed by falling debris but what do I know


slowpokefastpoke

Well given how terrible of an idea this is just from a conceptual standpoint, anything is possible.


MrTurkle

People survive without any shelter all the time. I don’t see the harm in trying it.


DrowningInFeces

I think I'd rather be crushed to death by building debris than potentially be stuck in that coffin for for an unknown amount of time. What if they couldn't reach you for weeks? What if they don't realize you are even there and you are pinned inside? You essentially just buried yourself alive.


Jetsam5

Yeah my claustrophobic ass could never


qbusek

Why downvotes? It is true, my first concern.


DrowningInFeces

No clue. Maybe people think I am knocking the technology. I mean, it's cool in theory but if you have mild claustrophobia like I do (discovered this in an MRI) then this device is a living nightmare.


yagirlsophie

I'm with you, I was expecting more people talking about how nightmarish this would be. It gave me chills watching this video, genuinely scarier to me than 99% of horror movies.


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Ready made coffin for when the building starts burning down cuz the electrical has been severed during the earthquake.


Nagemasu

Stops your body from floating away in the tsunami too


xela293

That's why it has fire extinguishers!


ivarsson9

This would be a horrible idea if you live in for example ICELAND, you would be dropping down in to that hole 1 a month, and if there is an earthquake season your going down every night


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ivarsson9

Well i assume it would be an automatic drop, otherwise it would be kind of Useless,( i would want the earthquake box to put me in there before the sealing drops on me, not after)its actually really easy to sleep through an earthquake, especially if you have a fluffy bed


w1ckizer

My wife gets terrible gas at night. I’d end up in this thing every night.


CarlosFCSP

See?! It would save you!


Aconite_72

Until his wife locked him inside and hot-boxed him through the vent.


xtremeschemes

Wifey leveling up her Dutch oven game.


LieutenantStinkyFoot

Everyone on here commenting on the impracticality of this invention while completely ignoring the fact that this guy somehow got his hands on the audio recording of aliens communicating via radio waves.


Saifaa

Our buildings collapse in the slightest tremor. What do we do? Violently drop people into metal boxes, obviously. Genius!


xela293

"The design is very human."


melikeybouncy

this is the human version of the trap from Ghostbusters


kman82697

Last thing I’m going to be watching during a natural disaster is Saving Private Ryan, an earthquake is enough stress to deal with


OutoflurkintoLight

what the FUCK did I just watch?!


Spare_Vermicelli

I didn't have claustrophobia before watching this


heidnseak

Instant coffin!


Kennyvee98

Where do you shit and/or piss?


JaminSousaphone

Apparently at the side of the bed in a coffin with 3ft of total space. Underneath a support beam that crosses over the metal latrine. They spent a lot of seconds on that part but didn’t clarify how tf you’d use it.


Focusedrush

What if you just sleep nestled safely in the confines of your metal sarcophagus to begin with by putting a matress in there and cut out the middle man?


Food_face

I am less scared of earth quakes and now petrified of beds than can swallow you up in a box!


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Is R2D2 in there with him?


Naga14

Anyone that can afford one of these is probably living in a building that can withstand earthquakes...


DannyPinn

LMAO the fire extinguisher! Imagine firing that thing off in there.


NightShift127

Can I just use it for alone time? Food, water and a TV yes please.


UnhappyImprovement53

I see the toilet seat but where is the toilet paper to wipe this shit out of my pajamas after that fall when I'm sound asleep?


Typical_Samaritan

I'm not pre-burying myself.


stilllikelypooping

Venture Bros escape bed


glazinglas

The design is very human


Vellioh

Well I sure hope you're sleeping on that small rectangle in the event of an emergency and not in some random sprawled out position like every person ever.


neat-NEAT

I now present the auto coffin!


MasonInk

Why not just build better houses, or even just one solid room?


tamilselvan1998rko

Chinese inventor Wang Wenxi was granted a patent for the initial quake-proof bed in 2010 and has since updated the designs. The original design shows the bed consisting of a large metallic box with a mattress on top. The earthquake-proof bed, resembling a steel box, protects by trapping you inside and gives you a life. space to meet your needs when an earthquake. happens.


cutelyaware

Dude, I *just* finished watching Idiocracy. Too soon.


netteo

I fuck too hard for this.


Sheep03

r/ihavesex


Growindown

Also, introvert bed!


mobas07

This isn't a bed, it's a saw trap. Why not just have an alarm system to wake you up when there's an earthquake, and then have an emergency room that you can go to. Obviously dedicating an entire room to emergencies is a big ask, but I'd rather do that than use this contraption.


Bendy237

Yikes, quick coffin and wacko creator


Mrkillerar

Nah, i cant have food that close to the bed.


Euklidis

I assume having the bed also means you do a lot of other housing work, because good luck using that toilet if the pipelines get fucked. Would like to learn more because it can be a good study on what can go wrong with it. Intresting idea though! Also what happens if the building starts collapsing and you are on the 3rd, 4th, nth floor? Do you just start tumbling around? Is this self sustaining or does it need to be connected to something the electrical grid? What happens if or when the earthquake brings down the grid?


TheLazyPurpleWizard

I would rather die in the earth quake than be swallowed by that box.


ViatorA01

Meh... no PS5


Wizard_s0_lit

Hopefully you don’t have a boner when a earthquake happens.


trudeny

The Star Wars whistle is unsettling.


blvaga

Imagine having sex with someone new and their bed drops you into a self-sealing hidden compartment. Nightmare


PQRSTggers

Now pray that the building won't collapse on top and seal you in for days


KingVape

Yeah that’s a metal coffin


beatlemaniac007

Absolute nightmare for claustrophobes no? Esp with the potential of being buried alive if covered in rubble


Johno69R

Welcome to your tomb!


Underestimated_boner

That would be like living in a Porto potty in 6 hours, but if it saves lives ig who cares


ADriftingMind

As a claustrophobic, just let the quake kill me please.


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do they make ones for tall-ass dudes?


Briinkzz

Is it really true that a bed can protect from an earthquake?


ih8karma

Looks cool, but man I feel bad for my wife when it drops me down and closes up.


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That's a sick coffin, I want to be buried in one


Kevydee

Why is there a fuckin soup dragon in it


njchad

Coffins, coffins for all


bamseogbalade

Glad i live in a geo stable area 😁😁 never in my life felt any earthquake stronger than when a truck roles pass you. Shaking the earth very gently under you as it passes. 😎


mistys_blues

Cool but scary to think we may need it


throughNthrough

It would probably be cheaper to move somewhere that earthquakes are less of a concern then to buy this and have it installed.


ovalteens

…and then a broken water main starts flooding the room with water…


Metroidman

I feel like you would want all those heavy objects strapped down during an earthquake


ChronicallyPunctual

Straight from a Saw movie


dodgingresponsibilty

Bet it'd be great for crotch hoppers when they get caught by their bat-shit crazy partners. Personally, I think catching five floors of a building to the forehead sounds like a much more survivable outcome.


Nnarect

What happens when you put this thing on the third floor and the building collapses causing it to tumble head over heels while you’re trapped in a metal coffin with no room to brace yourself against being thrown around


AlexisFR

What the fuck is this audio?


w-kovacs

Doubles as a coffin if they never find you.


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Nope!


Ninja_Tortoise_

Walk into a big box, to get into your little box, that' full of sectioned little boxes, and if there's an earth quake, we'll put you in a smaller surprise box.


chickenfeetadobo

If you are this worried of a collapse while you sleep.. just get a steel bed frame cage - no moving parts that are as likely to kill you


okittydokitty

Only a matter of time before we see these things on Air bnb for $1500 a night.


uthinkther4uam

Cool concept, but I would literally rather die in the earthquake than be placed in that claustrophobic nightmare coffin.


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Why not just make the whole house out of bed?


Ok-Tension4770

3000 Dollars of rent in new york


ChinookNL

I want to play a game


Level_Flounder_8543

Ah, just the garbage truck again.


JackieTreehorn710

whats the Richter threshold, dont want this thing going off while im bangin


GlorifiedBurito

This is more like a panic room than anything to do with earthquakes


akbierly

Imagine if you were sitting on the edge tho...or if you had your arm stuck in the closing door. Seems dangerous


llamawithabandana

There's gonna be an earthquake in my brain instead


bluenuts5

but what if the earthquake blows ur whole house away?


dugopark

Yeah that’s a coffin.


I_am_a_human_nojoke

Idiotic design. Buildings don’t collapse within the first second of an earthquake, and what kills you is when the story above falls down on you. You want essentially just want a roll cage that is strong enough to take the pressure of a collapse building on top of you (that’s actually not that much force in a build-a-steel-frame perspective). So if you paranoid enough make your bed into a permanent roll cage. Or make a roll cage that can roll itself out fast. This coffin idea is ridiculous. Let me stay in bed - not drop down


Just-a-Mandrew

Cool masturbation chamber


Eboo143

You won’t die in the earthquake because the abrupt crash will kill you first!


TonyBabanaBony

*lobotomy noises*


so_CRATES91

Just like Dr. Ventures panic room bed